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Backflow Base vs Housecall Pro.
Field-service software for home-service trades, priced by plan and users. Made by Housecall Pro (www.housecallpro.com).
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Side by side
| Backflow Base | Housecall Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Backflow testing companies | Home-service businesses of any trade |
| Price | $50/month or $500/year per company, 45 days free, no card to sign up | $79 to $329/month ($59 to $299 billed yearly), by plan and users; $35/month per extra user on Max |
| Per-test or filing fee | None, and no per-user fee | None for software; cards from 2.59%, bank payments 1% |
| Online booking | Hosted booking page, or your own website's form through the API | Not on the pages we checked |
| Phone bookings | An AI receptionist on your Quo number books callers and texts a pay link | Not on the pages we checked |
| Routes | Puts each tester's stops in driving order | Not on the pages we checked |
| Backflow test in the field | Field app scores RPZ, double check, PVB and SVB tests, with no signal | No backflow test forms described |
| Reports to the water system | Each address matched to its water system; the report is emailed where the system takes email, and the portal is named where it doesn't | No water-system filing described |
| Card payments | To your own Stripe account; Stripe's fees only, Backflow Base adds none | Cards from 2.59%, bank payments 1% |
| Next year's test | "You're due" emails, and Autopilot charges the saved card after each year's test | Not on the pages we checked |
| Customer portal | For HOAs, property managers, contractors and commercial sites | Not on the pages we checked |
| Set up by an AI assistant | Yes: sign-up and setup through the API and MCP, in test mode until the owner goes live | Not on the pages we checked |
From each company's own public pages, checked . Prices and features change: see a mistake? Email hello@backflowbase.com and we will fix it.
Housecall Pro may suit you if
- You run a general plumbing business and backflow is one service among many.
- You want marketing and sales tools aimed at home services.
Backflow Base may suit you if
- You want the backflow test and the district filing in the same app as the booking.
- You want one flat price for the whole company.
- You want card payments to your own Stripe account.
Questions
Does Housecall Pro handle backflow test reports?
Its pricing page describes no backflow test forms and no filing with water systems.
Which costs less, Housecall Pro or Backflow Base?
Backflow Base is $50 a month or $500 a year per company. Housecall Pro's plans are $79 to $329 a month on monthly billing, by plan and number of users.
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The software
- Bookings from a booking page, your own website, and an AI receptionist on your phone.
- Schedule board and route for each tester.
- Field app that scores every test, even with no signal.
- Test reports sent to the water system that serves each address.
- Card payments to your own Stripe account, and yearly renewals that charge after the test.
- Client portal for HOAs, property managers and contractors.
- $50/month flat: no per-test fee, no cut of payments.
- Every feature →What the app does, part by part.
- Compare →Next to other backflow and field-service software.
- Start free →No card. $50/month or $500/year once you go live, 45 days free.
- Free exam prep →Study questions, practice exams, device tests, a VR wet lab.